Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 933 · 40 questions

Communication tip (One voice at a time): Polite turn-taking: waiting for a pause, raising your hand, saying “Sorry, go on”, letting all speak once, keeping your turn short. Interrupting: talking over someone, finishing their sentence, shouting the answer, cutting in with a joke, hogging the whole talk. Polite way in: “Can I say something when you finish?” Fair talking time: share equally = minutes ÷ children (24 minutes, 4 children → 6 minutes each); time left = total − time used.

1. 1.True or false: “finishing their sentence” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) keeping your turn short (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) cutting in with a joke (d) hogging the whole talk
3. 3.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
4. 4.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: hogging the whole talk? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
5. 5.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) finishing their sentence (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) letting all speak once (d) talking over someone
7. 7.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) waiting for a pause (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
9. 9.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) raising your hand (c) finishing their sentence (d) hogging the whole talk
10. 10.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) nothing at all (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) “My turn now.” (d) “Whatever.”
11. 11.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) interrupt at once (b) tell her tomorrow (c) raise your hand quietly (d) wait for a pause
12. 12.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) letting all speak once (b) cutting in with a joke (c) waiting for a pause (d) keeping your turn short
16. 16.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) shouting the answer (b) talking over someone (c) finishing their sentence (d) waiting for a pause
17. 17.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
18. 18.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: keeping your turn short? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
19. 19.🔄 In a circle time, each of 4 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 4 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
20. 20.🔄 In a project meeting, each of 4 children speaks for 3 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 3 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
21. 21.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) talking over someone (b) hogging the whole talk (c) shouting the answer (d) asking “Can I add?”
22. 22.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “No, no, listen to ME!” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
24. 24.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
25. 25.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “waiting for a pause” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) finishing their sentence (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
28. 28.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
29. 29.True or false: “raising your hand” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 17 minutes. Meera speaks for 4 minutes, Arjun for 3 minutes and Rohan for 2 minutes. Diya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Diya get?
31. 31.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: saying “Sorry, go on”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
32. 32.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: raising your hand? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
33. 33.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: finishing their sentence? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
34. 34.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is interrupting. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: jumping in mid-sentence? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
36. 36.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) so you can leave (b) so nobody speaks (c) so all get a turn (d) to sound clever
37. 37.🗣️ In a 15-minute circle time, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
38. 38.True or false: “letting all speak once” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) polite turn-taking (b) interrupting
40. 40.True or false: “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True

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